Once cleared up, the entrance to the cave expanded enough for an adult to enter while bending down.
Douglas Cooper went in first, feeling and clearing debris as he went, with the team members following behind and taking over in relay.
"The space inside is quite big!" Douglas's voice echoed from the cave entrance, "It's even a deluxe room, not a bad deal at all, only... it bloody stinks!"
"Hahaha!"
The team members outside burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Could a badger's dwelling smell nice?
Soon, the interior was cleaned out. The team member who had caught the badger started skinning it and extracting its oil.
In the absence of modern medicine, this stuff was very effective for treating burns. Even now, many folks, whether they had used it or not, knew it could treat burns.
However, it was hard to find.
After all, it's a protected animal.